Top Victorian Cop Mulls Legalising Drugs

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The public should decide if illicit drugs should be made legal, one of Victoria's most senior policeman says.

 

The Herald Sun newspaper reports that Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Sir Ken Jones made the comments at a conference on organised crime in Melbourne.

 

"I'd love to have a debate at some point about legalisation," the newspaper reported.

 

Sir Ken said the public should be informed about the costs such as higher insurance premiums and delays to elective surgery because of hospital waiting lists caused by illicit drug use.

 

Later, he told the Herald Sun his invitation to speak at the conference followed calls from academics and police experts for decriminalisation of drugs or harm minimisation strategies.

 

Sir Ken said his comments were not a softening of police drugs policy.

 

Sir Ken would not nominate which drugs should be legalised and said that he did not want the public exposed to more legal drugs.

 

"I dont want my daughter exposed to more," Sir Ken said.

 

"If we had our time again, we wouldn't have allowed tobacco ... or alcohol. Are we going to add another 20 to the list? I don't think so."

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rocker]

Those are the words of a bloody wowser.

[farmermatt]

Ha America didn't allow alcohol, remember? Look how that turned out.

[Fibrofeend]

 

Sir Ken would not nominate which drugs should be legalised and said that he did not want the public exposed to more legal drugs.

 

"I dont want my daughter exposed to more," Sir Ken said.

 

"If we had our time again, we wouldn't have allowed tobacco ... or alcohol. Are we going to add another 20 to the list? I don't think so."

 

umm so you just want your daughter exposed to the crime and anarchy that goes with having a desired substance illegal?

These last 3 lines get dumber in order spoken

[Guest]

 

Did you know Sir Ken (dumbass) that because of the illegality of drugs, it's actually easier to come into contact with drugs. I'll let you ken to be people think about that. If you can't figure it out, I won't be able to persuade you otherwise

[Oneski]

[quote name='brick50' timestamp='1287553354' post='279741'"If we had our time again, we wouldn't have allowed tobacco ... or alcohol. Are we going to add another 20 to the list? I don't think so."

 

totally agree about the alcohol, causes more deathes then cannabis. why not allow cannabis and tighten up the laws on alcohol?